Emergency crews gathered around a train that derailed early Wednesday in the Bywater at the intersection of Press Street and Burgundy Street.

Emergency crews gathered around a train that derailed early Wednesday in the Bywater at the intersection of Press Street and Burgundy Street.

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Updated: 6:53 PM CDT Jul 6, 2016

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WEBVTT ESTIGATIONGOT STARTEKELSEY: W SPOKE TO TIMMCCONNELL AND HE SAID IT WAS ATRAIN CARS -- EIGHT TRAIN CARSINVOLVED IN THE DERAILMENT.YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.NOBODY WAS HURT.WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS THATTHE DERAILMENT HAPPENED AROUND4:00 THIS MORNING.TH SUPERINTENDENT TELLS ME THATSIX OF THOSE CARS WERE EMPTY,TWO OF THEM NORMAL CARRYASPHALT, BUT THIS MORNING THEYWERE EMPTY AS WELL.THEY STILL HAD ASPHA RESIDUEIN THEM.THE SUPERINTENDENT IS HAPPY TOREPORT THAT THERE WERE NOINJURIES.>> IT WAS TRAVELING VER SLOW.THERE WILL BE AN INVESTIGATION.ONCE AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS ISTHAT NO PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED ORAFFECTED BY IT.SOME OF THEM JUST WENT ON TOTHEIR SIDES.KELSEY: IN ADDITION TO THEPEOPLE BEING OK AND NO DAMAGE TOPROPERTY, THEY DID AIR QUALITYTESTING AND THEY ARE HAPPY TOREPORT THAT THERE WERE NOCHEMICALS IN THE AIR AFTER THETWO TRAIN CARS TURNED OVER.AGAIN, THE CAUSE OF THEDERAILMENT IS UNDERINVESTIGATION.

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Emergency crews gathered around a train that derailed early Wednesday in the Bywater at the intersection of Press Street and Burgundy Street.